Medical care of adults with mental retardation

American Family Physician

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2175-2183

  Prater, Christopher D ^a   Zylstra, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BUSPIRONE; CIMETIDINE; CLONIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LEUPRORELIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MELATONIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPRANOLOL; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRAZODONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

AKATHISIA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BITE; CAT CRY SYNDROME; CEREBRAL PALSY; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG USE; FEEDING DISORDER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPERSEXUALITY; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MASS SCREENING; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; MOOD DISORDER; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICIAN; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETT SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CONSTIPATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORAL HYGIENE; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEIZURES; SKIN CARE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745873638     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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